EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service says March 2024 shows continued ‘toppling’ of records.
March was the 10th month in a row to be the hottest on record for the time of year, as global climate records continue to topple, scientists said.
It is the 10th month in the row to break records for the respective month of the year, the Copernicus analysis found.The global average temperature for the last 12 months is also the highest on record, at 1.58C above the pre-industrial average from 1850-1900, pushing the world – temporarily at least- above the 1.5C threshold to which countries have agreed to limit global warming to avoid its most dangerous impacts.
The figures from C3S also show how temperatures have risen significantly in recent years, with the global average temperatures over the past 12 months up 0.7C on the 1991-2020 average, and this March 0.73C warmer than average for that period. Outside Europe, temperatures were most above average over eastern North America, Greenland, eastern Russia, Central America, parts of South America, many parts of Africa, southern Australia, and parts of Antarctica, the analysis shows.
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